connection to other freenets

[Kenneth Gillgren]

I agree. This could be a very exciting area to explore. I've been 
visiting Diversity University in the context of an online conference 
they are hosting on Distance Education.

A few considerations and caveats are in order, howver.

1. As a MOO, it would be resource intensive, at least as much as CHAT or IRC.

2. The MOO may need to be sponsored and managed by a third party, that 
is, not the SCN administration or SCN itself. The reason is somewhat 
related to the freedom of expression issues that have arisen recently. 
Specifically, Diversity University explicitly requests users and 
visitors *Not* to engage in conversations or comments of an explicitly 
sexual nature, subject to removal from the system. This is clearly in 
line with Diversity Universities expressed mission. I don't know how 
others handle this, but I'll be checking into MUSE later today or 
tomorrow. DU also has a system for users to respond or report to 
harrassment (it involves a "witness" function to "record" the 
harrassing action for review and action by DU administrators).

Anyway, it's worth some consideration.

Ken
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 > From scn-owner at scn.org  Sat Jun 17 16:44:45 1995
 > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 95 16:42:44 PDT
 > From: bobk at cyberspace.com (Bob Kwick)
 > To: scn at scn.org, services at scn.org
 > Subject: Re: connection to other freenets
 > Cc: sanford at halcyon.com
 > Sender: owner-scn at scn.org
 >
 > | We are currently testing the waters by setting up a few connections to
 > | other freenets (hoorah!).
 >
 >   SCN should also consider setting up some connections to some MOO's.
 >   I haven't used them much, but from what I've seen, they are very 
 >   responsible and constructive chat areas.  There are a lot of good
 >   ones, inculding one called Diversity MOO, available.  We should
 >   consider setting up a MOO for the Seattle area on SCN.  If we don't
 >   have the resources there are other MOO's that will let us use their 
 >   sites to build a Seattle area.  It can be a real-time virtual version
 >   of the Seattle community.  It could be pretty neat.
 >
 >   If you want one, Sanford Morton, who is an expert on MOO's, might be
 >   willing to do a presentation on MOO's for SCN members.  You will need
 >   to find a meeting place with a telephone line available and room for
 >   an overhead display.
 >
 >   Bob
 >   
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